but they would have something else to add. Feminists view femininity as a “trap that distracts women from the pursuit of power.” It appears that feminists are concerned more so now that the American woman is moving backward: she is giving into what men want, and is being brainwashed into believing it is her choice. “So why do these women and men mistrust feminism? The short answer is that they do not see feminism as a story about their lives….” Starting in the late eighties, part of the feminist attitude seemed to be that all men were against women. Men did not want women in the workplace, and deliberately sabotaged them and conducted themselves inappropriately on matters of sexuality. Every smile, or compliment a man made was proof he saw a women as an object for his own sexual pleasure, and to ensure she stay beneath him. It is not possible to pinpoint the moment that feminism no longer became popular, but the notion that sexual attraction could be made extinct in the work place is reason to lose a few members. Americans know men and women are not identical, and any attempt to make them that way will make for a more confused and sexually repressed society. Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, author of Feminism is Not the Story of My Life (1996), asks would “the liberation of women require the abolition of a common morality?” Being female in America is not easy. The Feminist Chronicles (1993) has endless lists of monumentous abortion laws and states the Christian Coalition as a threat to feminist progress. Women are caught in a no-win situation; they want for themselves and their daughters the choice and empowerment feminist speak of. They also love their sons and husbands and do not want to be told the apple pie baking in the oven is another symbol of failure. Fox-Genovese states repeatedly many different women from many walks of life feel feminism ideas are destructive to the family. Fem...
